Tailoring Visual Styles – a mini eBook for AutoCAD users
Tailoring Visual Styles is the fourth in Ralph Grabowski’s series of “mini” eBooks for the AutoCAD user.
The 74-page PDF book contains tutorials for learning AutoCAD 2007’s new visual styles system. The PDF book features:
- Guided tour of visual styles
- Working with the Tool Palette, Dashboard, Visual Styles toolbar, and Visual Styles palette
- Commands and system variables that affect visual styles
- Coverage of the perplexing Background and Ground Shadow options
- Two full-length tutorials on working with visual styles
- 130 figures and dozens of tips
As with all of our PDF books:
- All illustrations in full color
- Formatted for printing on standard 8.5×11 paper
- Margins designed for three-hole punching
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 — Introduction to Visual Styles
The Wheres and Hows of Visual Styles, Visual Style Names, Plotting and Rendering Considerations
The Range of Visual Style Properties
Invoking Visual Styles, Visual Styles Toolbar and Menu
3D Terms
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Chapter 2 — Visual Styles on Tool Palettes
Trying Out Visual Styles, Visual Style: X-Ray, Visual Style: Sketchy, Visual Style: Shades of Gray
Visual Style Tool Palette Options
Changing Visual Styles on Tool Palettes
Adding Visual Styles to Tool Palettes
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Chapter 3 — Visual Styles & the Dashboard
Touring the Visual Styles Control Panel
Toolbar, X-Ray Mode, Shadows, Face Colors, Tuning Dialog, Visual Styles Manager
Predefined Visual Styles
Face Styles, Face Styles, Facets or Smooth
Edge Styles, Facet Edges/IsoLines, Edge Overhang, Edge Jitter, Silhouette Edges
Hidden & Intersection Line Colors, Obscured Edges, Intersection Edges
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Chapter 4 — The Visual Styles Palette
Shortcut Menu Options
Face Settings, Face Style, Materials and Color, Toolbar
Environment Settings, Adjusting Shadows, Edge Settings, Edge Modifiers, Edge Modifiers Toolbar, Fast Silhouette Edges, Obscured Edges, Intersection Edges
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Chapter 5 — Tutorial 1: Creating Visual Styles
Step 1 — Determine Probable Parameters
Step 2 — Name the New Style
Step 3 — Fiddling With Properties, Fast Silhouette Edges — On, Edge Mode — Facet Edges, Crease Angle — 180, Face Settings — None, Obscured Edges — Off, Backgrounds — On
Step 4 — Sharing Via Tool Palette
Step 5 — Drawing Test
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Chapter 6 — Tutorial 2: CUI & Visual Styles
Adding Custom Vs-Commands
Catalog of Visual Style Commands in CUI
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Appendices
Appendix a — Command & Sysvar Summary
Related Commands
Related System Variables
Appendix b — Supported Graphics Boards
